Cantonese words starting with Z

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Month by month; on a monthly basis.

Wheelbase; the distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle.

An ethnic group or a community of people sharing a common culture or characteristics.

Clan authority; the power and authority exercised by a clan or its elders.

Clichéd, overused, or lacking in originality.

A coward, paper tiger, or nobody.

Customary rules; traditional customs and habits.

Turbid flow; mudslide, or figuratively, a contemptible person.

The relationship between the wives of brothers; sisters-in-law.

Clan, tribe, or ethnic group.

To chase after deer; to compete for political power or a championship.

zuk6 luk6 zung1 jyun4

To compete for national power or domain.

A common, vernacular, or secular name, as opposed to a scientific, formal, or religious one.

To execute all of a person's relatives as a punishment.

Year after year; over the years, or year by year.

A sequel of literary works.

Sequel; a continuation of a book, film, or other creative work.

Genealogy book; a book recording family lineage and related history.

zuk6 sai1 jau4 gei3

續西遊記续西游记

One of three Ming dynasty sequels to the novel Journey to the West.

The lay world; the mundane or secular world of ordinary people.

The chaotic and impure mortal world, especially in a Buddhist context.

zuk6 sai3 kei4 jan4

Extraordinary people in our ordinary world; a collection of short stories by novelist Feng Jicai.

An axis, pivot, or center of rotation; also a short name for the Axis powers.

zuk6 sam1 gwok3

軸心國轴心国

The Axis powers; the World War II military alliance led by Germany, Italy, and Japan.

To relieve edema through purging or diuresis in Chinese medicine.

Axoneme; the long core structure of a flagellum or cilium, or a nerve cell's axon fiber.

Everyday routine, worldly affairs, or secular concerns.

Central axis; axis line.

Mechanical bearing

zuk6 sing4 siu1

軸承銷轴承销

Axon; the long, thin projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses.

A sequel; a book that continues the story of a previous work.

zuk6 syun4 zyun2

軸旋轉轴旋转

To rotate about an axis.

俗體字俗体字

A non-standard or simplified form of a Chinese character used in everyday writing.

To drive back or repel attackers.

Item by item, one by one, or clause by clause.

Ordinary and courteous but insincere; conventional etiquette or platitudes.

A proverb, common saying, or colloquial idiom.

zuk6 waa6 syut3

俗話說俗话说

As the saying goes; as the proverb says.

Sequel; a subsequent installment of a book, film, or show.

An addition or addendum; further increase.

Unfiltered sake; cloudy sake before the rice dregs are filtered out.

To drive away, expel, or turn away.

To renew or extend a loan period.

Bracelet or bangle.

Popular non-standard written form of a Chinese character, as opposed to the orthodox form.

Word by word; character by character.

zuk6 zi6 zuk6 geoi3

Word for word; literal and precise in writing or translation.